Glare protector



Dec: 25,1923. 1,478,799 A. C. SCHNAKE GLARE PROTECTOR Filed Feb. 281.922

' has for its object to provide adevice of this.

Patented Dec. 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT orFf cE.

AUGUST C. SCHNAKE, 0F CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS.

f GLARE rnorncron.

Appllcationflled February 28, 1922. sci-1. .1 No. 539,815.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Auonsr C. SCHNAKE,

a. citizen of the U-nited States, residing at Gentralia, in the countyof Clinton, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful GlareProtector; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it: appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to glare rotectors used in connection with automoiles, and

character which may be easily and quickly attached to a windshield andcomprises windshield engaging brackets between which brackets ispivotally mounted a glare shield, preferably colored glass, and whichglare shield maybe held in various positions for preventing blinding ofthe operator by the ight rays from lights of approaching automobiles.

whereby 'the shield ma operator, with one han and automatically Afurther object is to provide means he moved bythe held in any positionto which it may be moved.

A further object is to provide a lare protector comprising springbrackets adapted to engage over the upper rail of the frame of thewindshield and terminating .in axially aligned members having cone jshaped bearings therein, a glare deflecting shield disposed between thebearings and provided with cone shaped bearing mem--' bers disposed inthe bearings and held in frictional engagement therein by means ofsprings.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides inthe'combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shownin the drawings, described and claimed, it"beiug understood that changesin the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scopeof what 15 claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. I

Figure 1' is a viewin elevation of the device, showing the same appliedto a portion of a windshield and one of the bearings in 'section[ Figure'2 is an enlarged sectional view through the upper side of thewindshield and the glare protector.

Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the bearing sleeves andbearings and a ortion of one of the brackets. eferring to the drawing,the numeral 1 designates a conventional form of Windshieldand 2 theglare protector carried thereby. The glare protector comprises spacedbrackets 3 having curved springarms' 4 adapted to on age over the upperrail 5 of the windshie d and frictionally engage. the same, a lining 6of felt orithe like being preferably, inter-posed between the spring 4.arms 1 and the rail 5 for preventin scratching'or marring of therail-., -It wi 1 be seen that the brackets 3 may be easil and quicklyapplied to a windshield and t at by provu mg the spring arms 4, thedevice may be applied to Windshields having rails 5 of different sizes.*It will also'be seen that the windshield is not modified in any man nerwhen the device is applied thereto.

The spring arms 4 are provided with right angled portions 7, which rightangled rtions are secured to the ears 8 of the brac ets ried by screws15 and the outer end 16 ofthe brackets 3, said screws forming meanswhereby the tension of the springs 13 may. .be varied. It will be seenthat the sprin s 13 will force the brackets towards cac other and willmaintain a frictional engage ment of the couically shaped members 11 inthe bearings '10 of the brackets. The brackets 10 are as a whole'forcedtowards each other hy-the springs 13,- which springs are ofsuflicientstrength to overcome the frictional engagement of the spring arms 4' 10on the rail 5. The rod 12 has secured thereto at 17, the frame 18 whichframe is provided with a colored glass 19,which glass inconnection withframe 18 forms the glare protector 2.

The frictional enga ement of the cone shaped membersv 11 with thebearings 10 is suflicient to hold the glare deflector 2 in, any positionto which it may be moved, therefore it will be seen that the operator vna'yrmove the deflector to any position debv' the use of one hand andthat tbe, "glare deflector will be maintained in any I ition to which itmay have been moved ggthe frictional engagement of the conically pedmembers 11 in the comically shaped "-"hserings 10.

V "Tron; theijabove it will ',be' seen'tliat a glare protector forautomobilesis provided, which glare protector is simple inconstrucwxtzon, positive in its operation and may be -a lelds without moi a plied to various t pes and sizes of windyin o'r changin theconstruction of the windshield.

The invention having been set forth what 1 is claimed as new and usefulis a The combination with the upper rail of a vehicle windshield, of'aglare protector carried thereby; said glare protector comprisingU-shaped members frictionally and slid-- by the spaced members. and

ably mounted on the rail; said U-shaped members having one of'their armsprovidedwith a horizontally disposed ear, said glare protectorbeingfcarried by s aeedi'brackets having sockets, friction mem r'scarried by the glare protector anddisposed within the fiected to thehorizontal ears 0 the U-shaped members and formingmean's whereby thespaced members may move m a horizontal.

sockets, horizontally disposed ears carried ivotally confad plane andspring means for forcing said in the presence 85

